Though I wasn't happy about it, my low rating has very little to do with the bummer ending. I really enjoyed the other tSpoilers, I guess, so beware.

Though I wasn't happy about it, my low rating has very little to do with the bummer ending. I really enjoyed the other two books in this trilogy and was totally willing to go along with the ride, but the whole concept of an overlord society running entire cities as genetic experiments was way too much to swallow.

I wasn't happy with Tobias transitioning from this four-fears badass and capable partner to Tris into a boy who was basically quaking at his own shadow the moment they stepped outside of Chicago. Many reviews have claimed that the dual point of view lacked distinct voices, but I thought Tobias's voice was quite clear. He sounded like kind of a dick, but the kind of a dick who acts the way he does because he's scared to death. His sentences felt formal and mechanical, like they were playing up his past as a Stiff. He definitely lost his vitality and intrigue and became somebody you start to wish Tris would leave in the dust.

My main complaint, however, was how quickly the Chicago team decided to participate in a revolt against the Bureau. It made sense for them to be revolutionaries in Chicago, a place where they had spent their whole lives and knew the score, but to do in within a few days at a place they knew nothing about was too impulsive even for them. All it took was some hearsay about the treatment of GDs and a visual representation of poverty and they were ready to send one of their own to death? Way too quick.

I read the first two without knowing a movie was being made and then felt excited when I found out. Reading this final section has depleted by enthusiasm for the movie and the series in general. I plan to reread Divergent and hope it still feels the way it did the first time around.